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[Aqizzar]

Which is all beside the point that it's impossible to dissable the ability to make ammo out of wood and bone.  Or that it's impossible to change the math for how many shots are produced from one unit on material.  Or that you'd have a random chance of leaving individual lasgun shots laying around or stuck in your foes.

Obviously all of that applies to bullets as well, but DF was made for crossbows anyway.

[EuchreJack]

I like the sci-fi setting of this mod, but I'm not up on all the Warhammer 40K lingo.  I was wondering if somebody could tell me what each weapon is in dwarf fortress termonology.  And if the weapons have any special attributes (like one of the swords hits for more damage vs the other hitting for more criticals), I'd be interested in that also.  I'm trying out a fortress to answer the question of dwarf fortress equivalence, so I'm mainly asking just in case the fort fails before I can report back.

By the way, great mod!

[Jetman123]

An "autogun" is the equivalent of an assault rifle today, only more futuristic and more efficient. It was the standard weapon of the Imperial Guard until the lasgun came along.

A lasgun is a laser rifle. It's reasonably accurate, almost never misfires, has enough power for sixty shots before a power cell change, and can blow off an unarmored human's limbs with a single shot. However, against armored foes it's sorely lacking.

A stubber is a heavy machine gun. Rarely, they CAN be man-portable, but most are mounted on vehicles.

Chain-axes and chain-swords are monomolecular-edged chainsaws in a certain shape that tear through flesh like a chainsaw, only weaponized and gyrostabilized so they're easier to swing than an ordinary old chainsaw.

As for the other melee weapons, I have no idea.

[KFJ]

The stubber comes in two types, heavy and normal, the heavy is bigger and badder than it's smaller brother.

[Jetman123]

Ah, my mistake then. So a regular stubber would be more like an M60 or M249 (medium and light modern machine guns) than an M2HB (heavy machine gun). The heavy stubber is the M2HB.

[EuchreJack]

Thanks for explaining the ranged weapons.
I just figured out how to read the raw object files, and find out the specifics on the weapons.

I created a fortress simply to discover some facts about the weapons, but that purpose is gone.   

Still, I found Iron! 

Also, the ammo type for the stubber is incorrect.  In order to make it work, the type needs to be changed from "ARROW" to "BOLT" in the item_ammo file.

[Commissar Internet]

Stubber is 40k for slugthrowing weapons that eject cartridges.  I imagine in this case, the Stubber is a pistol, if only so it gives something for Commissars to properly execute traitors with.  Autoguns and Autopistols use caseless ammunition, like the G11(H&K's attempt at a caseless bullpup assault rifle).  Autocannons are in 40k what they are now.  Bolters are Gyrojet weapons that can rip a man apart with explosives.  Lasguns go "PEWPEWPEW".  Hope this clears up some things.

[Jakeypoo]

If Necromunda is any indication, a human can lift and fire a heavy bolter without problems.  Most of the fluff describes bolts as essentially recoiless rockets - they buck and hose out shells because it's cooler that way. 

Nerd moment:
Actually, they pop out shells for a functional reason. You see, the bolt weapons were designed to be capable of being used in the vacuum of space, or, at least in unpressurized space hulks,  and in order to make a recoilless rocket, the "shell" part that pops off the back is a canister of compressed gas used to eject the "bolt" from the barrel before its rocket ignites. That way you don't light your magazine on fire, or have recoil or somthing.

Been trying this mod, unfortunately, it doesn't work right for me, it generates a world with humans/elves/goblins. Which seems a tad off.

Edit: alright, fixed that part, now some worlds crash on embark, luck of the draw if a world will be embark-able or not. Also, something is screwey with temperatures, I dumped some magma into water and got... Ice...

[Yngar the Wise]

Normal people can use bolters, they can also get power armor (its just really expensive). They however cannot use the Adeptus Astartes bolters, or power armor, on account of those being made for an 8 foot tall super soldier.

[GoreTaco]

Yeah, like scouts.

I also think you should make a Space Marine "race" and give it all the same sphere alignments etc. so they ally with the other Imperials.

[Commissar Internet]

I'll be happy when Orks can reproduce.  I wanna make an Ork Fort

[Eita]

Is there any way I could get this in a .zip format? My WinRAR demo expired on me and I don't feel like buying it, and all the freeware (read: the two that I bothered downloading) on the web has crapped out on me.

[Lazureus]

Is there any way I could get this in a .zip format? My WinRAR demo expired on me and I don't feel like buying it, and all the freeware (read: the two that I bothered downloading) on the web has crapped out on me.

Wait what? You know you can still use WinRAR when the demo expires right? Just press the red X on the purchase now screen and alls well.

I wanted to see how a Carnifex megabeast would do in this world. So I created a little addon. It is outfitted with Bioplasma(firebreath), crushing claws and scything talons.

Insert this into creature_standard.txt

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[CREATURE:CARNIFEX]
[NAME:carnifex:carnifex:tyranid]
[TILE:'C'][COLOR:6:0:0]
[MODVALUE:50]
[FIREBREATH][FIREIMMUNE]
[FANCIFUL]
[MEGABEAST]
[GENPOWER:5]
[FREQUENCY:5]
[PETVALUE:10000]
[GRASSTRAMPLE:50]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
[BONECARN]
[NOFEAR][TRANCES][STOUT][NO_SLEEP][NOPAIN]
[NOEMOTION][NOBREATHE][NOBLEED]
[LIKES_FIGHTING]
[DAMBLOCK:5]
[CANOPENDOORS]
[PREFSTRING:monsterous creature]
[BODY:HUMANOID_ARMLESS:2EYES:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:CRUSHING_CLAWS:SCYTHING_TALONS:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[BODYGLOSS:HOOF]
[SIZE:22]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:CRUSHING_CLAWS:punch:punches:100:200:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:SCYTHING_TALONS:punch:punches:50:150:SLASH][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:66:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[FAT:15]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[BIOME:ANY_LAND]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[HOMEOTHERM:10040]
[SPHERE:FIRE]
[SPHERE:CHAOS]
[SPHERE:DEATH]

and Insert this into body_default.txt

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[BODY:CRUSHING_CLAWS]
[BP:CCRUA:right upper arm][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][RIGHT]
[BP:CCLUA:left upper arm][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][LEFT]
[BP:CCRLA:right lower arm][CON:CCRUA][LIMB][RIGHT]
[BP:CCLLA:left lower arm][CON:CCLUA][LIMB][LEFT]
[BP:CCLAWL:left crushing claw][CON:CCLLA][GRASP][LEFT]
[BP:CCLAWR:right crushing claw][CON:CCRLA][GRASP][RIGHT]

[BODY:SCYTHING_TALONS]
[BP:STRUA:right upper arm][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][RIGHT]
[BP:STLUA:left upper arm][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][LEFT]
[BP:STRLA:right lower arm][CON:STRUA][LIMB][RIGHT]
[BP:STLLA:left lower arm][CON:STLUA][LIMB][LEFT]
[BP:CCLAWL:left scything talon][CON:STLLA][LEFT]
[BP:CCLAWR:right scything talon][CON:STRLA][RIGHT]

[Eita]

Annoyance. The game crashes on embark every so often. Also, I find it rather odd that the races have to use the same old method of smelting stuff. It would be awesome if forges could be powered by, well, power. Waterwheels and windmills are good to start with, but you could also add in solar panels.

[Lazureus]

Annoyance. The game crashes on embark every so often. Also, I find it rather odd that the races have to use the same old method of smelting stuff. It would be awesome if forges could be powered by, well, power. Waterwheels and windmills are good to start with, but you could also add in solar panels.

Sadly that stuff cannot be edited via RAWs